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Representative John Knudson View All Years

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Date of Death: 2/15/2000
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 47 (1937) - 48 (1939)
Home County: Marshall
John Knudson
Marshall County
Marshall County Republican. Born on a farm near Dunbar, Iowa, March 31, 1906. Attended rural schools and graduated from Marshalltown high school in 1924. Has served as director of Marshalltown Cooperative Shipping Association; director and vice president of the Marshall County Farm Bureau; committeeman for the A.A.A.; and secretary and treasurer of the Pleasant Hill school board. Married in June, 1938, to Ruth M. Blanchard, Albion, Iowa. Member of the Friends church and the Gideons. Farmer and seedsman. Elected to the Iowa legislature in 1936 and re-elected in 1938.
House District 51
Committees
48th GA (1939)
Legislation Sponsored
48th GA (1939)